Recorded since the eighteenth century is the custom of keeping skulls in houses, usually grand houses with a long-standing family, and displayed in a prominent position. This was sometimes at the request of the deceased: for example the skull at Burton Agnes Hall in Yorkshire belonged to a woman who didn’t live to see the completion of the house she and her sisters were building.
Another skull of indeterminate origin was nicknamed Dickie, and kept at Tunstead Farm in Derbyshire. It was looked upon as a guardian (one of the origin stories is that it belonged to a previous owner of the house), and attempts to remove it from the premises were met with disturbances until it was returned. However Dickie hasn't been seen since 1938, and is believed to have since been buried in the garden.
Less benevolent skulls are associated with Calgarth Hall in Westmorland. The hall was built after the original owners of the land - who refused to sell - were framed for theft and executed. One Christmas two skulls appeared at the top of a staircase in the new hall, and reappeared despite attempts to remove them. Some accounts have them being manipulated by ghosts. They were eventually bricked up in a wall niche.
There is also a tradition of "screaming skulls", which make a screaming noise when displeased. However, examples of these seem to be embellishments of an already existing skull story.